According to Harris/Decima Chairman Allan Gregg “There seems to be little question that the Liberals have improved their electoral fortunes over the summer -- they have closed the gap with the Conservative lead to 3 points; moved into a virtual tie in Ontario, advanced in Quebec and significantly narrowed the Conservative lead among men. Unfortunately for them, it would appear that virtually none of this improvement is a result of voters forming a positive impression of their leader, Michael Ignatieff. In fact, while Conservative leader Stephen Harper has improved his net favourability rating (i.e. the percent of voters holding a favourable minus unfavourable impressions) slightly -- from -10 to -5 – Mr. Ignatieff still trails him at -25 and has basically not moved since May.